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Agencies such as the DEA and the Board of Registration in Medicine do not call providers requesting personal confidential information, to request money, or to threaten loss of licensure or registration. If you receive one of these calls, please do not follow the caller’s instructions. Contact one of the following to verify whether a member of their staff initiated the call and needs to speak with you:
- DEA: Boston FBI Field Office at 857-386-2000 or DEA Duty Line 571-362-8487
- MA License: Call the Board of Medicine at 781-876-8230.
They will notify you if the call was not from the Board of Medicine and is a scam call.
Please also notify the UMass Memorial Medical Center Compliance Office at: Lisa.mccusker@umassmemorial.org or by cellphone, 508-831-8034. Please feel free to contact our Office of the General Counsel, (508) 334-1700, with any questions.
UMass Chan Women’s Professional Pods Program is enrolling individuals who identify as women or other minoritized gender identities in medicine and science and have an academic faculty appointment at any one of the three UMass Chan Medical Campuses. This program is available for all health care providers, including APPs.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Caitlin Tanski at caitlin.tanski@baystatehealth.org.
See link below:
Women's Professional Pods Program (WP3) | Baystate Health.
New Clinical Practice Guideline for Medication Abortion Services at UMass Memorial Health Clinics
UMass Memorial Health is working to ensure equitable access to reproductive health care with the introduction of a new Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Medication Abortion. This evidence-based guideline provides a standardized protocol to help clinicians competently offer medication abortion services, making care more accessible to patients across our system. The initiative is part of UMass Memorial’s broader commitment to reproductive health and addressing racial disparities in accessing abortion services at earlier gestational ages, where care is safer and outcomes are improved. Kristina Gracey provided co-leadership to the development of the CPG. For more information see flyer. You can access the full guideline on the Hub.
UMass Chan Medical School’s Summer Intensive for Presentation Skills (SIPS) is a three-day in-person program for faculty interested in improving their ability to design and deliver outstanding presentations. Information sessions for interested faculty will be held on February 26th at 4pm and February 28th at 12pm via Zoom (attend one).
Register for an information session HERE.
The Center for Integrated Primary Care is offering a free webinar on Engagement Skills for Primary Care Practice on Thursday, February 27th from 12-1pm.
More details and registration here.
Email Retention and Destruction Policy to Take Effect March 3rd, 2025
For people who principally use their umassmemorial email address: emails older than 4 years will be destroyed on March 3, 2025. Think about any messages that you may need in the future. Examples include any emailed evaluations that may be helpful for your promotion portfolio or sensitive documents (like HR, student grade challenges). For more guidance, please refer to the Records Retention Policy, which defines a record, and the Record Retention Schedule, which identifies the length of time each different type of record should be retained. For emails older than 2021 that you wish to retain, please follow this step-by-step job aid.
STFM's Medical Student Educators Development Institute (MSEDI) is now accepting applications for its 2025-2026 fellowship class through March 4th. This 18-month fellowship offers training, tools, and support for faculty who educate medical students and is particularly suited to those who aspire to be clerkship directors or medical student education directors. MSEDI Fellows build skills in developing curriculum, advising students, and recruiting & maintaining preceptor networks. Apply or learn more at
https://stfm.org/MSEDI
Save the date for the Mass AFP Spring Refresher
March 14-15, 2025
See the link for registration. https://massafp.org/page-1075355
The 2025 Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop for Residents will be held on May 3rd, 2025 as part of the STFM Annual Spring Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. See link for additional information.
https://www.stfm.org/awardsscholarships/scholarships/facultyfortomorrowresidentscholarship/overview/
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